Have you shoveled your sidewalk?

Asked at Cottin’s Hardware, 1832 Mass. on December 17, 2008

“I don’t have a sidewalk, but I’ve shoveled my driveway.”

“No I have not. ... I have not been home since the sun came up...”

“I have not shoveled it yet, but I have the shovel and salt in my car.”

“Mine and others ... a lot of elderly people can’t do it (or can’t afford it ), so we do it for them.”